Software Engineer Intern Interview Experience - Santa Monica, California
Process
You meet with a recruiter to submit your application, short essay, and resume.
Once passed to the next round, you will have a phone interview and two coding interviews.
The first coding interview was straightforward, designed to assess your proficiency in the chosen language.
The second interview was a bit more challenging.
Each interviewer, for either round, could be nice or cold.
Questions
They asked me how to create a list of items using Python.
For the harder question, they asked me to create a function to figure out if a word is a palindrome.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Google Software Engineer Intern role in Santa Monica, California.
Success Rate
Google's interview process for their Software Engineer Intern roles in Santa Monica, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Google's Software Engineer Intern interview process in Santa Monica, California.
Google Work Experiences
- 5.0Awesome company to work atSoftware Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeSanta Monica, California, United StatesSeptember 3, 2015Pros: Awesome working environment. Free food.Cons: Managers are sometimes too busy to work with you.
- 4.0Positive Experience, Minor GripesSoftware Engineer Intern • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 16, 2025Pros: Money WLB Time off Peers ExperienceCons: Not many cons. On-call is not good.
- 5.0Low Pressure, Moderate InterestSoftware Engineer Intern • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesNovember 16, 2025Pros: Was very low-key and low-pressure.Cons: Not that interesting, but maybe that was just my team.
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